Cutting down tailpipe emissions with e-vehicles
At nearly 55%, electricity generation in India is primarily through coal. So like in the case of the U.S and China, net reduction in carbon emission will not be much even…
Category: Global warming
A rare confluence of four events led to flooding in Kerala, IIT Gandhinagar researchers say
A deadly combination of four factors caused extensive flooding in Kerala in 2018. The State received 53% above normal summer monsoon rainfall from May to August. This together with a few extreme…
Pollution reduces day time temperature during Indian summer monsoon
Increased aerosol loading in the atmosphere due to pollution has led to changes in the number, shape and characteristics of the rain-bearing clouds. The increased cloud reflectance has led to…
IITM: Ocean mean temperature better predicts Indian summer monsoon
Researchers at Pune’s Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology report that ocean mean temperature is more accurate in predicting Indian monsoon than sea surface temperature, which is used routinely. While the…
Short, heavy spells get a new name – mini-cloud burst
Researchers at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune have coined a new term — mini-cloud burst — to define rainfall in excess of 50 mm in two consecutive hours. While extreme rainfall of over…
Two-fold increase in short spells of heavy rainfall in Indian cities
Very heavy rainfall lasting for a few hours in urban locations in India has become more intense in the last few decades. Its frequency has increased by two-fold between 1979-2015.…
Bhubaneswar: Urban heat island effect studied in a growing city
Urbanisation of Bhubaneswar, a tier-2 city in Odisha, India, has been rapid at 83% in the last 15 years (2000-2014) and this has led to about 89% decrease in dense…
Three-fold increase in extreme rainfall events over central India
Summer monsoon rainfall over central India has reduced by 10% on average, while there has been three-fold increase in extreme rainfall events between 1950 and 2015. There will be further increase…
